This idea is currently being studied by the Texas Transportation Institute and is in its final stages. The TTI researcher states “These innovative traffic control devices are providing positive impact on safety in reducing red-light running…”

Check it out.

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Brian CeccarelliMon, 31 Oct 2011 13:44:42 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17619#comment-44517The reason why red light camera companies exist in the first place, is because they exploit a physics error in the formula the government uses to set yellow light durations. Enforcing the CalTrans standard is like enforcing a law forbidding gravity. Everyone is guilty.
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HenryMon, 31 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17619#comment-44496Brown vetoed Simitian’s bill – for good reason! It claimed to be red light camera reform, but actually would have made it worse for drivers. For example, it would have decreased the number of warning signs at camera enforced intersections.

But not all is good. Brown signed Mike Gatto’s AB 529, which will allow cities to reduce posted speeds by 5 mph, even on streets with a great safety record. Gatto’s bill will allow cities to shorten yellows, which will increase red light cam ticketing by at least 50%. (Four of the sponsoring cities have red light cams.) Worse, the shortening will increase severe accidents by 30 to 40%. (Source: “Development of Guidelines for Treating Red-Light Running,” Texas Transp. Inst. pg 2-20.)

The lower speed limits also will make it easier for California cities to issue speeding tickets – and is groundwork for future legislation legalizing speed cameras (photo radar, like they have in Arizona).

Mr. Gatto is very proud of his legislation. It is only fitting that the new speed traps should be called Gatto Traps, with the new shorter yellows called Gatto Yellows.

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Felipe AguirreFri, 28 Oct 2011 18:04:25 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17619#comment-44170We did away with those cameras lights in our city of
Maywood because they were a drain our our limited resources did not raise much revenue and the money all belong s to the outside contractors
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Jim ThomasFri, 28 Oct 2011 17:17:40 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17619#comment-44164For a comprehensive look at the red-light camera scams, check out the website for the National Motorists Association, http://www.motorists.org. These cameras not only generate lots of money (mostly from relatively safe right-turn-on-red violations),they have been shown to actually increase accident rates. In every instance where the cameras have been put to a vote of the people, the cameras were voted down. They are now banned in some 15 states, as well as many cities, such as Los Angeles and Houston.
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